BRITISH TURF. 2? I 



LEICESTERSHIRE. 



Croxton Park. Races are held here in the be- 

 ginning of April, but the stakes are all ridden for 

 by gentlemen riders, to whose amusement this 

 meeting is exclusively devoted. 



Leicester. — The capital of the county is plea- 

 santly situated on the river Soar, 97 miles (N. N. 

 W.) from London. The theatre, a neat building, 

 is open during the races ; and assemblies are held, 

 in a suite of rooms in a building originally designed 

 for an hotel, and purchased by the county for the 

 accommodation also of the judges of the assize : 

 the ball-room, seventy-five feet long, and thirty- 

 five wide, is elegantly painted by Reinagle, and 

 lighted on assembly nights by eight splendid lus- 

 tres, and branches held by statues, after designs 

 by Bacon. Races take place here in September, 

 generally about a week after Warwick meeting, and 

 continue two days, being held south east of the town, 

 where a grand stand has been erected, and every 

 means adopted to improve the course and keep it 

 in proper order. Several valuable stakes are run 

 for, among which is the gold cup of 100 so vs. 

 value, the surplus in specie, by subscription of 10 

 sovs. each ; and on the second day her majesty's 

 plate of 100 sovs. 



